Ep 76: Eric Ingersoll, Energy Options Network

In this episode we discuss...


Eric’s personal evolution in the nuclear industry and his
entrepreneurial endeavors including General Compression

Eric’s work as one of the world’s leading climate change
analysts and advisors

A deep dive into natural gas cavern storage

How a combination of cheap gas and lack of demand for
electricity nearly eliminated the wind development industry

Why compressed air storage and wind energy can’t solve the
global carbon emission problem

System constraints Eric established while determining how to
bring carbon-free electricity to the entire world and how
advanced nuclear fits within those constraints

Commercialization development and deployment challenges with
advanced reactors and how we can overcome them

The Nuclear Cost Driver Study

Ways in which we can reduce the cost and time required in the
construction process to increase nuclear’s scalability